ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,007, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Retaining piece for an earpiece" was invented by Michael Andrew Zalisk (Arlington, Mass.) and Liam Robert Kelly (Dorchester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining piece for an earpiece of an in-ear audio output device comprises a retainer portion and a cantilevered portion. The cantilevered portion comprises a coupling edge and a free edge which is substantially opposite the coupling edge. The cantilevered portion is coupled to the retainer portion at the coupling edge and is configured to engage with at least a part of an outer wall of a concha of a us...